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December 09, 2012

USAF Hopes Bulk Rocket Purchase Will Save Billions
Washington DC (AFNS) Dec 10, 2012
Purchasing core elements used to launch 28 rockets into space for National Security Space missions is the focus of negotiations between the Air Force and United Launch Alliance to establish a requirements contract, according to Defense Under Secretary Frank Kendall. The plan is to procure 36 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle cores over a five-year period, beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, according to a memo from Kendall to Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley. Kendall is the under secretary ... read more

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To the moon and back for less than 2 billion dollars Two former top NASA officials unveiled plans Thursday to sell manned flights to the moon by the end of the decade, in an announcement 40 years after the last human set foot there. ... more		Air Force Space Command's roots traced back to the 1940s The reasons for Air Force Space Command's activation lay in events and decisions that date back nearly four decades, but the command's missions can be traced back even farther, to the post-World War ... more		What is Creating Gullies on Vesta? In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission, scientists have spotted intriguing gullies that sculpt the walls of geologically young craters on the giant asteroid Vesta. Led by ... more
				Russia Set to Launch Telecoms Satellite for Gazprom A Proton-M carrier rocket will lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday to orbit a Yamal class telecoms satellite for Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), a telecommunications arm o ... more		Secrets of universe revealed thanks to AF research complex Looking skyward, scientists worldwide now know the universe's size, composition, approximate age and rate of expansion, thanks in part to "essential" data derived from a time-sensitive test conducte ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

X-ray vision can reveal the moment of birth of violent supernovae A team of astronomers led by the University of Leicester has uncovered new evidence that suggests that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of ... more		Speeding Space Junk Poses Risks for Spacecraft The amount of space junk floating around the Earth grows every year, and increasingly can pose risks to spacecraft orbiting the planet. In the United States, NASA's Orbital Debris Program (ODP ... more		Space Operations Command takes control of Space-Based Infrared System UK aims to boost economic defences against security risks Air Force Leadership Stresses Modernization and Timely Congressional Funding		What trends will take upper hand in space exploration? Space exploration in the future is linked to the creation of habitable bases on the moon. This opinion was expressed by head of Russia's leading research institute of the country's space agency Genn ... more
				Elbit Systems to Provide Space Camera for the Italian OPTSAT 3000 Observation Satellite Elbit Systems reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop, was awarded a contract from Israel Aerospace Industries ("IAI") to provide a space camera for the Italian O ... more		Seeing stars, finding nukes: Radio telescopes can spot clandestine nuclear tests In the search for rogue nukes, researchers have discovered an unlikely tool: astronomical radio telescopes. Ohio State University researchers previously demonstrated another unlikely tool, when they ... more

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Galaxy-wide echoes from the past Many galaxies have a giant black hole at their centre that causes the gas around it to glow. However, in the case of green bean galaxies, the entire galaxy is glowing, not just the centre. These new ... more		Geminid Meteor Shower Coming on December 13-14 If it's clear late Thursday night, December 13th, 2012, keep a lookout high overhead for the shooting stars of the Geminid meteor shower. "The Geminids are usually one of the two best meteor showers ... more		Aral Sea's shrinkage boosts Central Asian dust emission by 7 percent Atomic-level study of brain protein opens door to new neurological treatments Desert soil microbes adapt to thrive in extreme dry conditions		Khrunichev Completes Nauka Space Station Module Russia's Khrunichev space company has completed assembly of the Nauka ("Science") multirole laboratory module for the International Space Station, Khrunichev said on Friday. The module will no ... more
				The Bubble Nebula, observed with the new One Degree Imager Camera Just in time for the holidays, a spectacular image of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) demonstrates the potential of the new camera known as the One Degree Imager, or ODI, that is being commissioned at ... more		Wide Binary Stars: Long-Distance Stellar Relationships Using computer simulations, scientists from Hawaii and Finland have figured out how wide binary stars-two stars that orbit each other at a distance up to a light-year-form. Our Sun is a single sta ... more

To the moon and back for less than 2 billion dollars

NASA's GRAIL Creates Most Accurate Moon Gravity Map

Chinese astronauts may grow veg on Moon

NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020

Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars

Safe Driving on Mars

Civil Space 2013 Symposium

Scientists say NASA's budget inadequate for its goals

What trends will take upper hand in space exploration?

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

	TRT Turk Selects SES To Reach Audiences In Sub-Saharan Africa SES has announced that Turkish public broadcaster, Turkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), has selected SES to reach audiences in sub-Saharan Africa. TRT will use capacity on SES-5 located a ... more		Scientists say NASA's budget inadequate for its goals NASA suffers from a "mismatch" between its goals and the budget it has been given to achieve them, according to a panel that said the US space agency may need a complete overhaul. ... more		Six degrees of inclination Stay in a tilted bed for weeks with your head at the lower end and your body starts to change as if it were ageing prematurely or living in space. Twelve volunteers in ESA's bedrest study are enduri ... more		Putin Urges CIS Countries to Join Glonass Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to join Glonass, Russia's global positioning system. "This system has the capability to p ... more

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Astronomers Go Infrared to Map Brightest Galaxies in Universe		NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night		Crowdsourcing the cosmos: Astronomers welcome all to identify star clusters in Andromeda galaxy		Herschel and Keck take census of the invisible Universe		Third Boeing GPS IIF Begins Operation After Early Handover to USAF
SPACEX Awarded Two EELV Class Missions From The USAF		Raytheon technology instrumental in creating "Black Marble" image		Heliophysics Nugget: Sungrazing Comets as Solar Probes		SOFIA Upgrades: Integrating Telescope Onboard Command and Control Systems		NASA's GRAIL Creates Most Accurate Moon Gravity Map

When the first stars blinked on

Astronomers discover and 'weigh' infant solar system

New galaxy census highlights importance of starbursts

Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon, Icier than Scientists Thought

Third Galileo satellite begins transmitting navigation signal

Safe Driving on Mars

Sea Launch Delivers the EUTELSAT 70B Spacecraft into Orbit

Skybox Imaging Completes Significant Testing Milestone Preceding its First Satellite and Product Launch

Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars

SES And ESA To Collaborate On Electra To Develop First All-Electric Small/Medium Sized Satellite Platform In Europe

KVH Provides 60 percent More Capacity for EMEA Region of mini-VSAT Broadband Network

New Crew of ISS to Perform Two Spacewalks

'Dark Core' May Not Be So Dark After All

N. Korea completes installing rocket: report

NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020

First-ever hyperspectral images of Earth's auroras

Civil Space 2013 Symposium

Ancient Mars May Have Captured Enormous Floodwaters

NASA Announces Multi-Year Mars Program With New Rover In 2020

Dutch to send Patriot missiles to Turkey-Syria border

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